News & Views

Much of the talk pre Toy Fair (Feb 13-16) is about Barbie’s availability in three new body types: petite, tall and curvy. Most commenters feel it’s about time that Barbie looked like “every woman”—that all along, Barbie’s skinny torso has been sending an unhealthy message...

Just this week, I stumbled across a TV rerun of the original Wonder Woman—demure professional by day, corset-clad savior of the universe between work assignments. Not long before that, I caught up with a Big Bang Theory episode in which the women cast members first...